Andrea
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""Being in power is like being a lady. If you have to tell someone you are, you aren't." --Margaret Thatcher"
Female
45 years old
Cleveland, Ohio
United States
Last Login:6/3/2008
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Andrea's Interests
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| General | See "About Me" at right. And all the other stuff below. | | Music | Pretty eclectic, really. Currently in my CD player is Alison Krause (We all return to our roots at some point, don't we?).
Before that it was Santana "All that I am," and before that it was Los Lonely Boys, who I first heard as the opening act for Santana a few summers back.
Before LLB, I plowed through my Hendrix collection, and before that, I nearly wore out my Crow Soundtrack. | | Movies | Don't do movies much. Rarely have the time to get to a cinema or sit down at home with a DVD. Though I do have some favorites:
"Galaxy Quest" comes to mind. As does "Dave." And then there's "The Lost Skeleton of Cadavera." | | Television | Okay. I confess. I'm a "Survivor" junkie. I know it's stupid and vapid and the ultimate surreality, but I'm hooked. Have been since season one. It is my guilty pleasure.
(Sort of like "McGriddles." I know they are an abomination against nature with that maple syrup taste right there in the pancake part (like jello that stores on the grocery aisle shelf: there's just something wrong about that.) but they are just so very, very tasty. I can't help myself.)
Otherwise, I don't watch much of anything regularly. Maybe "Numb3rs" when I'm home, not dead from work and remember.
I've also been catching "Big Break" on the Golf Channel off and on when hubby watches it. It's not bad. Sort of like a performance based "Survivor": play golf well or go home. But I'm not married to it. Not enough lying, scheming, back-stabbing and false drama for my tastes, I guess. | | Books | I'm recently into oddly fashioned or formatted or plotted stories. The kind that bring all the senses to bear in the prose. The kind that make you think. And then think again.
Currently on my nightstand is Neil Gaiman's "Fragile Things" (Thanks, Jade!), which is a wonderful collection of fictional shorts and non-fictional observations, though sometimes even the fiction reads like observation, which is very cool.
Before that, it was "Madeleine is Sleeping" by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum and still lurking nearby, though I technically "finished" it a while back, is Mark Danielewski's "House of Leaves." It's the kind of read that bears returning to, and I find myself strangely drawn to it. Though I've not begun writing on my walls or measuring my rooms. Yet.
I also find time for a good thriller now and then. Oh, and of course, sci-fi.
I'm a sucker for a good short story, too, and have several favorite authors: Christoper Tolian, Bryn Sparks, and Jon Allison, to name a few. (And their work can all be found online. Check them out.) Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest is a tasty little read, too. |
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Andrea's Details
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| Status: | Married | | Here for: | Networking, Friends | | Hometown: | Belle Valley, Ohio | | Body type: | 5' 9" | | Zodiac Sign: | Scorpio | | Smoke / Drink: | Yes / Yes | | Children: | Proud parent | | Education: | College graduate | | Occupation: | Neurosurgical Physician Assistant |
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About me:
Vital statistics are taken care of elsewhere on here so I won't be redundant. Besides, I've always said you can learn a lot about a person by what gets them going, so even though this, too, could be taken care of elsewhere (though they give you such a small space for it), I've compliled a list - in no particular order - of...
THINGS I'M INTERESTED IN.
- Intriguing, intelligent, witty people.
- My husband.
- My kids.
- My friends. (Numbers 2, 3 and 4 also fit into number 1. How cool is that?)
- Good food.
- Good wine. (Good beer, too. Some of number 5 just go better with beer.)
- Reading fiction. See "Books" at left.
- Writing fiction. Mostly speculative with a sci-fi bend, though I have a couple of shorts that have been labeled "New Age Noir," whatever that is. And I am a proud BASTINADO©).
- Reading non-fiction. Mostly scientific stuff as research for number 8 (and for work, though that's not the type of non-fiction I prefer) AND FOR FUN. How geeky am I?
- Playhouse Square Foundation, which is a support membership for the performing arts community here in Cleveland. Main perk: first dibs on extra-special, great seats for theatre, ballet, and orchestra tickets.)
- Theatre, ballet and orchestra.
- Dancing. Club-style, mostly anymore, though I'd love to find the time to return to a classical class (best ass and leg workout there is). And I'd love to try ballroom. If I could only get my husband some rhythm somewhere...
- Music. See "Music" at left.
- Lounging on sunny beaches, soaking up rays (UV is my Prozac), the glass of a tropical rum drink cool/wet against my fingertips.
- Jamaica. (My favorite place to do number 14.)
- Lounging on a sunny boat deck, soaking up rays (see number 14 for my views on UV), the glass of a bottle of Dos Equis cool/wet against my fingertips. (We are boatless hangers-on who impose on the kindness of our friends, however.)
- Flyfishing. (Find a little ditty about my first time HERE.)
- Rappelling.
- Rock-climbing. I'm not really interested in it, but it's a handy thing to be able to do when one is interested in number 18.
So there you have it. While it may be true that "we are what we eat" in some manner or another, the real deal is "we are what we like."
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Who I'd like to meet:
See Number 1 above. And check my vitals at the bottom left, please. What am I here for? Networking and friends. That's all. I do NOT want to meet someone discreetly for anything. I do not want to go for coffee and see what develops. I do not want to meet for drinks and dancing and "???". And I do not want invitations to your boat or your loft or your private party or your bed. That is not what I'm here for.
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